1. Cover with a smooth or shiny coating
   "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite"
    
2. Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
   "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored";
   - glass, glass over, glaze over
    
3. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
   "They glazed the fruit for the holiday dessert";
   - sugarcoat, candy
    
4. Furnish with glass
   "glaze the windows";
   - glass

1. A coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
   "The potter applied a blue glaze to the vase"
    
2. Any of various thin shiny (savoury or sweet) coatings applied to foods
   "The chef applied a honey glaze to the ham before baking"
    
3. A glossy finish on a fabric
   "The glaze on the silk gave it a subtle sheen"
    
4. (meteorology) a smooth coating of ice
   "The morning glaze on the roads made driving treacherous"

Derived forms: glazed, glazes, glazing

See also: blur

Type of: burnish, change, coat, coating, dulcify, dulcorate [archaic], edulcorate [archaic], finish, finishing, furnish, gloss, glossiness, offer, polish, provide, render, supply, surface, sweeten, topping

Encyclopedia: Glaze, Tom